Firth vs Malcolm

A side-by-side comparison of Firth and Malcolm: population, income, housing, and more.

Firth and Malcolm are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Firth has the higher population (517 vs 428 in Malcolm). Firth has the higher median household income ($89,044 vs $84,712 in Malcolm). Malcolm has the higher median home value ($239,800 vs $226,100 in Firth).

Population, income & housing

	Firth	Malcolm
Population	517	428
Median age	33.6 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,044	$84,712
Median home value	$226,100	$239,800
Median gross rent	$1,013	$893
Housing units	221	198
Homeownership rate	69.6%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firth	Malcolm
Population	435 → 517 (+18.9%)	483 → 428 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$65,909 → $89,044 (+35.1%)	$70,250 → $84,712 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $226,100 (+62.3%)	$152,800 → $239,800 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,013 (+50.1%)	$753 → $893 (+18.6%)

Firth

Population

435517

Median household income

$65,909$89,044

Median home value

$139,300$226,100

Median gross rent

$675$1,013

Malcolm

Population

483428

Median household income

$70,250$84,712

Median home value

$152,800$239,800

Median gross rent

$753$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Firth	Malcolm
Under 5	9.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	12.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	7.9%
75 and over	7.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firth	Malcolm
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firth	Malcolm
No high school diploma	10.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	20.5%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firth	Malcolm
Drove alone	63.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	28.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firth	Malcolm
1-unit, detached	78.7%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	31.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Firth	Malcolm
Poverty rate	3.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1973	1978